Spontaneous rupture of the amyloid spleen a report of two cases

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-

  Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^a   Bose, Shashanka M ^a   Vaiphei, Kim ^a   Radotra, Bishan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031945272     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199803000-00020     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Schuler JG, Filtzer H. Spontaneous splenic rupture - the role of nonoperative management. Arch Surg 1995;130:662-5.
2. Kyle RA, Bayrd ED. Amyloidosis: review of 236 cases. Medicine 1975;54:271-99.
3. Seo IS, Li CY. Hyposplenic blood picture in systemic amyloidosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1995;119:252-4.
4. Kozicky OJ, Brandt LJ, Lederman M, Mileu M. Splenic amyloidosis: a case report of spontaneous splenic rupture with a review of the pertinent literature. Am J Gastroenterol 1987;82:582-7.
5. Greipp PR, Kyle RA, Bowie EJ. Factor X deficiency in primary amyloidosis, resolution after splenectomy. N Engl J Med 1979;301: 1050-1.
6. Wilson H, Yawn DH. Rupture of the spleen in amyloidosis. JAMA 1979;241:790-1.